Cash-box.



Patented Mar. 4, |902.

J. a. PEEz. CASH BOX.

(Applction med Sept. 20, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. PEETZ, OF 'GALVES'ION, TEXAS.

CASH-FBOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,887, dated March 4, 1902. Application ined september 20,1901'. seni rameau. mummy To @ZZ whom it may concern: V

Be it known that I', JOHN J. PEETZ, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Galveston, in the county of Galveston and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Cash-Box, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a device adapted for persons making a'great number of small collections, such as railway conductors; and

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof, and Fig. 3 is a detail view of the false bottom.

The box comprises a main part d 'with a glass front af, through which the interior of the box and its contents may be viewed.

b indicates a chute for receiving the cash, which lchute extends through the glass front al into the upper part of thebox a, and has a tortuous course to avoid the possibility of the coin being extracted from the box through the chute b.

c indicates a hinged plate wh ich commands the lower end of the chute b and is actuated by a hair-spring o', holding the plate normally in closed position, but said spring giving against the weight of a coin or the like.

d indicates a cash-register which may be'V of any form desired, this cash-register 'being arranged inthe upper part ofv the box to be actuated by a handled at the outside thereof,

` and, showing through the orifice d2 (see Fig.

the parts e and kept in closed position by means of light springs c2. The hinged parts e of the false bottom open downward to permit the passage of a coin below the falsebottom and return to closed position-by the actionoiz the springs e2. These springs are, however,` suciently weak to perni/it the ready passage of a coin through the false bot tom.

f indicates a cash-drawer which is arranged in the lower part of the box and receives the money passing through the false bottom e e'. v

This drawer may be provided with means (indicated at f) for locking it securely, so that the person carrying the cash-boxv will be unable to open. the drawer.

g indicates a handle for facilitating the manipulation of the cash-box, and h indicates a loop, which may be fastened and, if desired, locked around the belt of the person carrying thebox so as to avoid the possibility of its loss. IE desired, the loop h may be dispensed with and a mere hook substituted for hanging the cash -box on the belt of 'the person oarrying'it.

The'movable parts c of the false bottom may be locked inclosed position by a latch 1l,

carriedon' a shaft fi', which projects through one wall of the box a and carries a thumbknob i2, (see Fig. 1,) by which the latch may Vbe thrown from the inactive position (shown iu'dotted lines in Fig. 2) to the active position. (Shown'by full lines in Fig. 3.)

Variousuchanges in the form, proportions, anda minor details of my invention may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I consider myself entitledto allvsuch variations as may `lie within the scope of my claims.

Having thus described 'my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-5 l; A cash-box, comprising a boxproper Vhaving an opening inits upper portion for IOG and lower compartments, said false bottom comprising inclined stationary parts fastened t0 opposite Walls of the box, movable parts mounted to swing on the respective stationary parts and closing against each other,

' springs holding said movable parts yieldingly closed, and a latch for locking the movable parts of the false bottom closed, said latch having a portion capable of bearing on each Witnesses:

HosKINs FOSTER, V. E. AUSTIN. 

